:00:18. > :00:23.The US vice-president, Mike Pence, has reaffirmed
:00:24. > :00:26.America's support for Nato, but has stressed that European
:00:27. > :00:35.In his first major foreign policy speech, Mr Pence told a conference
:00:36. > :00:40.of European leaders in Munich that the US would "stand with Europe
:00:41. > :00:44.He also promised to hold Russia to account for its actions in Ukraine.
:00:45. > :00:46.From Munich, our chief international correspondent
:00:47. > :01:05.Nato exercises in Poland, a show of strength. Massive deployment of US
:01:06. > :01:09.military might in Europe underlines how America has been the predominant
:01:10. > :01:15.power in Nato since the end of the Second World War. Now, there is a US
:01:16. > :01:22.president who has called this alliance obsolete. So, with this
:01:23. > :01:27.Munich forum, anticipation and anxiety over what message President
:01:28. > :01:32.Trump's deputy would bring. What we were most looking for work the
:01:33. > :01:36.messages coming out from the leading members of President Trump's team
:01:37. > :01:39.die Hill vice president Mike Pence. Everybody says they have been
:01:40. > :01:45.reassured by what he had to say about the trans Atlantic Alliance
:01:46. > :01:48.and the belief in Nato. There is so much relief here about what you had
:01:49. > :01:52.to say - does that not make you worried that Europe was worried
:01:53. > :01:56.about your commitment to the transatlantic alliance and to Nato?
:01:57. > :02:00.I think President Trump has made it clear that the United States stands
:02:01. > :02:04.strongly with the North Atlantic Alliance, we strongly support Nato.
:02:05. > :02:08.But the president has also made it clear that we expect our allies to
:02:09. > :02:11.keep their word, to keep up with the commitments that they have made for
:02:12. > :02:15.our common defence. There was a clear message on Ukraine, too. There
:02:16. > :02:21.was a call to Russia to de-escalate the violence there. It was not what
:02:22. > :02:25.Russia's top tippler Matt wanted to hear in Munich. Sergei Lavrov
:02:26. > :02:30.accused the west of being stuck in an old Cold War mentality.
:02:31. > :02:35.TRANSLATION: The historic period that can be caught the post-Cold War
:02:36. > :02:41.era has now come to an end. The main result in our view has been the
:02:42. > :02:46.failure of institutions to adapt. As leaders come and go in Munich, there
:02:47. > :02:51.seems to be greater clarity that this transatlantic friendship will
:02:52. > :02:57.hold. Real proof is yet to come - in what happens on the ground. And it
:02:58. > :03:01.seems that judging by a statement which has just come out from the
:03:02. > :03:05.Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, he says there is a new
:03:06. > :03:09.ceasefire deal agreed for Ukraine between the Ukrainians and the
:03:10. > :03:13.Russian-backed rebels. So, an immediate sign that this new
:03:14. > :03:16.diplomacy may be working to a at least there are some new
:03:17. > :03:23.announcements of new things happening on the ground.
:03:24. > :03:30.of the French car maker Peugeot to discuss its proposed takeover
:03:31. > :03:34.There's concern any takeover may have an impact
:03:35. > :03:36.on thousands of jobs at plants in Ellesmere Port and Luton.
:03:37. > :03:39.Our business correspondent Joe Lynam is in Luton for us tonight.
:03:40. > :03:41.So, Joe, what are Peugeot hoping to get from the Prime Minister?
:03:42. > :03:47.Quite simply, they will be hoping to get at least as good a deal as
:03:48. > :03:50.Nissan acquired from the Prime Minister last autumn. Back then, the
:03:51. > :03:54.Prime Minister promised Nissan that they would get investment in
:03:55. > :03:57.electric cars and local components, as well as free and unencumbered
:03:58. > :04:03.access to European markets. The problem for Theresa May and Vauxhall
:04:04. > :04:06.is that Britain is leaving the single market, and probably the
:04:07. > :04:11.customs union, which means tariffs might be applied to British made
:04:12. > :04:14.cars sold on continental Europe. The other problem facing the Prime
:04:15. > :04:18.Minister is that she will be up against Angela Merkel of Germany,
:04:19. > :04:24.who will be defending German jobs and trying to make sure that jobs at
:04:25. > :04:28.Opal factories do not go. So it could end up working like a
:04:29. > :04:33.corporate beauty parade between lexical in Britain, Opal in Germany
:04:34. > :04:36.and the decision being taken by Peugeot in France.
:04:37. > :04:39.Lincoln City have pulled off one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup
:04:40. > :04:41.history after beating Premier League Burnley to become
:04:42. > :04:43.the first non-league side to reach the cup's quarterfinals
:04:44. > :04:49.An 89th minute header from defender Sean Raggett sealed victory
:04:50. > :04:55.for the non-leaguers, as Tim Hague reports.
:04:56. > :05:02.When you're a non-league side in the FA Cup fifth round, it's enough to
:05:03. > :05:06.make even the most mature man a little bit excited. Could Lincoln
:05:07. > :05:11.city cause another surprise by beating Burnley? This was an early
:05:12. > :05:15.opportunity for them. While the Premier League side have their own
:05:16. > :05:19.chances, it was becoming an increasingly frustrating afternoon
:05:20. > :05:22.for them, just ask Joey Barton, harassed and hassled all match, he
:05:23. > :05:27.was lucky not to be set off. But it did not matter to Lincoln. They
:05:28. > :05:32.pushed until the end, and with the headlines waiting to be written,
:05:33. > :05:38.Lincoln did write them. COMMENTATOR: Sean Raggett! It is in!
:05:39. > :05:44.And Lincoln city take the lead with a minute to! The following five
:05:45. > :05:49.minutes of injury time were as nervy as could be, but nothing could stop
:05:50. > :05:52.this fairy tale from happening. Lincoln have made history, this is
:05:53. > :05:58.one of the great shocks of the competition! For a non-league team
:05:59. > :06:03.to be in the last eight of the FA Cup, two games away from the final,
:06:04. > :06:06.is unbelievable. People said to me, it would be a football miracle, I
:06:07. > :06:13.don't know. It feels like a miracle. No non-league side had made it this
:06:14. > :06:16.far for 103 years before today. It was a Raggett to riches story, all
:06:17. > :06:20.right. Two people have died during one
:06:21. > :06:22.of the biggest storms to hit Police say a man was electrocuted
:06:23. > :06:26.after a falling tree downed power lines and hit a car,
:06:27. > :06:29.and a motorist was found dead A sinkhole swallowed two cars,
:06:30. > :06:34.the second on live TV as viewers watched it teeter on the edge
:06:35. > :06:39.before plunging in. Some of Scotland's most senior
:06:40. > :06:41.politicians have attended the funeral of a motor neurone
:06:42. > :06:45.disease campaigner, calling him an inspiration for his work to raise
:06:46. > :06:47.awareness and better The First Minister,
:06:48. > :06:51.Nicola Sturgeon, and the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown
:06:52. > :06:55.were among the mourners He was a political researcher who
:06:56. > :07:00.had worked on the Better Together Around 1,000 newborn chicks have
:07:01. > :07:05.been found abandoned The RSPCA said it is investigating
:07:06. > :07:10.how the birds ended up The Government is to propose
:07:11. > :07:16.a new law aimed at tackling domestic Victims will get greater support,
:07:17. > :07:21.under legislation that will be Rachel Williams felt failed
:07:22. > :07:31.by the state when she finally worked up the courage to leave
:07:32. > :07:33.an abusive husband. Filed for divorce, left him,
:07:34. > :07:37.during the six-week period, he was bombarding me with texts,
:07:38. > :07:41.and literally stalked me. And then on 19th August 2011,
:07:42. > :07:48.while I was in work, he came into my hairdresser's
:07:49. > :07:51.where I was working, with a sawn-off Experiences like that
:07:52. > :07:58.are shattering, according to Theresa May, who has asked
:07:59. > :08:03.ministers and experts for ways to clarify laws that are applied
:08:04. > :08:05.unevenly across England and Wales. It's estimated there
:08:06. > :08:08.are 1.3 million female victims of domestic abuse each year,
:08:09. > :08:13.with around 600,000 men Very few come forward,
:08:14. > :08:18.and there were just 75,000 convictions in 2016,
:08:19. > :08:20.although that's more It's something Theresa May tried
:08:21. > :08:30.to grapple with during her six years in charge here at the Home Office,
:08:31. > :08:33.introducing legislation which criminalised emotional abuse,
:08:34. > :08:36.and giving people the right to find out if their new partners had
:08:37. > :08:39.been violent before. But as Prime Minister,
:08:40. > :08:41.she's decided that the whole of the government needs to look
:08:42. > :08:45.at the whole issue. She's pointed out that there
:08:46. > :08:47.are big inconsistencies in the police response,
:08:48. > :08:50.and that will be covered through the Home Office
:08:51. > :08:53.and the Ministry of Justice. But four out of five
:08:54. > :08:55.victims of domestic abuse don't go to the police,
:08:56. > :08:57.so we need the Health Service and schools and others to really
:08:58. > :09:02.take this seriously. Rachel's son took his own life,
:09:03. > :09:05.after so much violence at home. Labour say proper funding
:09:06. > :09:08.of services for families like this is just as important as any
:09:09. > :09:16.legislation that emerges. Ancient life forms that could be up
:09:17. > :09:20.to 50,000 years old have been found by scientists,
:09:21. > :09:22.who say they have extracted and revived microbes found trapped
:09:23. > :09:25.in crystals in a cave in northern The team, led by Nasa's
:09:26. > :09:33.Astrobiology Institute, said the microbes were genetically
:09:34. > :09:37.10% different from their nearest relative, or as far away
:09:38. > :09:39.as humans are from mushrooms. There's more throughout the evening
:09:40. > :09:43.on the BBC News Channel. I'll be back with the team
:09:44. > :09:47.for the late news at ten past ten. Now on BBC One, it's time
:09:48. > :09:48.for the news where you are.